Daily News | A Penn clinical neurologist explores ‘hijacked brains’ and the secrets of personality-altering diseases in her new book
Sara Manning Peskin takes readers into the worlds of early onset Alzheimer’s and other conditions in"A Molecule Away from Madness."Copyright 2021 Gene Smirnov Photography LLCSara Manning Peskin treats people facing what are among the most heartbreaking diseases in medicine.
To her, these diseases pose a basic life question: Where do people find meaning, and how do you find meaning within the limitations of these diseases? There’s so much redundancy in the brain, so it’s surprising to see that a tiny mutation in our DNA sequence, or the proliferation of a single, dangerous protein, can wreak such havoc on our ability to think.
As you did your research, was there anything in particular that surprised you, any “aha!” moment that struck you? In the end, I tried to create a book that allows readers to follow along in this process, seeing what diseases look like in real life and real people, and then understanding the brilliant and eccentric scientists who found the molecules that cause the problem.
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